castaway

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kăʹstu̇wā IPA: /ˈkæ.stə.weɪ/ SAMPA: /"k{.st@.weI/
• Hyphenation: KA(S)-stuh-weigh
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castaway (not comparable)

1. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

   After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.

2. Shipwrecked.

   The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

[edit] Noun

castaway (plural castaways)

1. (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

   Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

2. A discarded person or thing.

   This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.

3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

   These homeless people are society's castaways.

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• See also Wikisaurus:outcast

[edit] Related terms

• cast away

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